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When Aravind Bhat served for the senior national singles title in 2002 at Lucknow, he cracked under pressure and missed three match points to lose out on the crown. Seven years and three more failed attempts later, the 29-year-old once against got a chance to carve his name on the Vikas Topiwala Challenge Cup and he did it with minimum fuss on Wednesday.

INDIA'S TOP table tennis player Achanta Sharath Kamal has been signed up for exclusive endorsements by Chicago-based Killerspin - a global brand committed to driving awareness about the game.

THE ONGOING tussle over the use of Sahara logo on the Indian hockey team's T-shirts is likely to be 'settled' soon. Although the Calcutta High Court on Monday extended its earlier order dated February 11, instructing the ad-hoc committee to ensure that the Indian team used the Sahara logo, efforts have begun to 'solve the issue' amicably.

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chennai, the largest city in southern India located on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal, developed after 1639 when the British East India Company
established a fort and trading post at the small fishing village of Chennai

Over the past three and a half centuries, the small fishing village has grown into a bustling metropolis which is especially known for its spaciousness which is lacking in other Indian cities, This characteristic is exemplified by the long esplanade called the Marina and which is lined by impressive buildings which remind the casual visitor of the long and inseparable association the city has had with the British.

Even elsewhere in the city, one cannot fail to notice the dominant British influences in the form of old cathedrals, buildings in the Indo-Saracenic style of architecture, wide tree lined avenues.

However, though the English legacy is undeniable, Chennai has continued to be a centre which has blended the foreign influence with the traditional Tamil-Hindu culture. As a city it continues to maintain the best of south Indian traditions. This is not surprising because the region was an important centre of Pallavan culture long before the British came here and the traces of which are to be found in the numerous old temple.